Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-16
State 11ens.

st. Adams is to have the electric light.
There are said to be 800 knights of La
Dor in Burlington.
The freshman class at Norwich univer-
sity numbers Is.
The potato crop near Manchester is
rather light and the rotting bad, with
prices high.
VIM. n. Narramore of Bakersfield has
been appointed aide-de-camp on the staff
of Commander-in-Ch Fairchid of the
G.. A. X.
The pocket-book which was stolen from
James A. Shedd of Burlington at Ben
nington has been found and the notes for
$500 were returned to him. The money,
$50, was gone.
The first of October will finish the first
year of free delivery in Rutland, and a
careful estimate places the number of
pieces of mail matter that the carriers
will have handled atl6O.000..
The board of trade is having a map
prepared to show the excellent location
of Burlington from a business point of
view and its favorable facilities for trans
portation by both water and rail.
During recent severe shower at Paw
let lightning struck the shop of Mrs.
Robert Wickham and demolished the
chimney, threw the stove-pipe all around,
blew the doors open, but did not set the
house on fire.
1t is proposed to move the Rutland
shirt company to st. Johnsbury, provid-
ed 100000 or $4,000 of the stock can be
subscribed there. A meeting of business
men has been held to consider the mat
ter, and the move will probably be car
ried out.
Gen. W. w. Henry of Burlington. Ma
jor H. L. Stillson of Bennington and Mr..
d. P. Cilley of st. Johnsbury will repre-
sent Vermont Odd Fellows at the annual
meeting of the sovereign grand lodge of
the order, which opens at Denver the
10Th inst.
The Waldo Marble company of Fair
Haven has just completed a large con-
tract for onyx for the Pullman car works
of Pullman, Ill. The onyx is to be used
for the finshings and trimmings in the
interior of Pullman parlor car. This
will be the first time that car has been
finished in onyx.
The members of the Salvation Army
recently arrested at st. Johnsbury for
disturbing the peace pleaded guilty and
were fined $40 and costs. They appeal
ed. but have left town and the forces
there now consist of a countryman of
Bismarck known as Halleluiah Dutch
Charlie, and colored citizen from Lake
Nyanza whose stage name is Happy
Billy.
An alleged attempt at rape which may
possibly result fatally, at Upper Falls. q
small hamlet eight miles from Springfield
has just come to light The other evening
Miss Annie Glynn, 13. went for the COW:
and not returning, her father went il
search of her. She was found chloro.
formed in spring of water, covered with
mud and leaves. The physicians worked
three hours to restore her to conscious
ness. Henry Sanderson. who has been in
Jail several times for rape, was arrested
for the crime. The girl is in very crit
zeal condition. Justice Spofford dis.
charged the prisoner Saturday night
holding that there was not sufficient evil
dence to warrant his being held for the
district court. The defence was an alibi
Friends of Sanderson claim that it is q
scheme to drive him from town, that the
girl was drugged by her friends, who
overdid it and nearly killed her. The
girls reputation is not of the best.